1A consolidated leave plan provides a single amount of time-off forworkers to use for multiple purposes, such as vacation, illness, or personalbusiness. Those with no consolidated leave plan often have separateleave plans for different purposes.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equaltotals. For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms,see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" atwww.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20112012.htm.

2The categories are based on the average wage for each occupationsurveyed, which may include workers with earnings both above and belowthe threshold. The average wages are based on the estimates published inthe "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the UnitedStates, 2010." See Technical Note for more details.